دانلود رمان انگلیسی “داستان قدیس مرموز” – جلد سوم

THE DAY AFTER the black dragon search, I returned to the First Knight Brigade. Deep down, I really must’ve wanted to come back—it’d only been a few days, but I was overjoyed to see Cyril’s face.  The moment I opened the door and laid eyes on him, I just had to rush right in. “Captain Cyril!” He stood up from his desk and approached, and I stopped before him to give the standard knight salute. “I, Fia Ruud, have returned to the First Knight Brigade!”  “Welcome back, Fia,” he said tenderly. He was smiling slightly. “Ha ha. How odd of you to announce your return a second time. Or did you forget the events of last night? I should’ve remembered… a night of drinking turns you into a blank slate the next morning. Well, Fia, you had your fair share of difficulties, but I’m glad you’re back safely.”  Surprised, I blinked a few times. So…did I not need to report what I did in the Fourth Monster Tamer Knight Brigade? I guess I’d already made my report to him yesterday at the meat festival. Tracing back my memory of last night, I vaguely recalled being with Cyril, Zackary, Desmond, Quentin, and Gideon…and that was it. Everything else was hazy. Even so, I must’ve disregarded the fact that a banquet is a nonofficial setting and reported everything to him then. An exemplary decision, if I say so myself: a model knight is never truly off-duty.  Seeing my grin, Cyril sighed. “Fia, it was Zackary and Quentin who reported your activities to me. All you did last night was wolf down meat and drink.”  “H-huh? O-oh! You don’t say.” How disappointing…  “What a relief,” he said with a chuckle. “You haven’t changed a bit.” His tone turned a little sad then. “Zackary and Quentin kept insisting you were somebody of immense importance. I was beginning to worry you’d stop making time for someone as insignificant as me.”  “M-me? Important? No! No, no, you must be misunderstanding! I haven’t done a single thing of note! I… Oooh, I get it. This must be that sarcasm thing Captain Zackary told me about! So you’re actually reprimanding me for doing poorly…?” There, that made more sense.  Cyril stared at me blankly.  Agh. Elaborate, Fia! “Um…I figured that, since I failed to figure out the health of the Monster Brigade’s familiars like you ordered me to and I was completely useless during the black dragon search expedition, you might be criticizing my competency…or…something?” My voice petered out to a whisper.  Cyril blinked.